Zhonghua Fang asked Ling Ruonan what exactly was going on.
"When I saw this news, I was really shocked," Zhonghua Fang said, looking rather embarrassed. "I never imagined Zhongxiu would do something like this, trying to sabotage the relationship between our two families. This matter is too serious; we also need to verify the situation. So, Ruonan and Ziling, please talk it through with us properly and give us a bit of help."
"Actually, what they said at the very beginning was that they were acting under the Chen Family’s orders." Ling Ruonan said evenly, without betraying any emotion. "Ziling even posted a related video on Weibo condemning the Chen Family."
Dongxun Fang immediately thought of something and said with a suddenly enlightened look, "So these people are the ones who appeared in that video on Weibo last time. I thought they were two separate incidents."
"At first, what we learned was that they were instructed by the Chen Family, but later they changed their testimony and said it was the Fang Family who put them up to it." Luo Ziling chuckled as he spoke. "In fact, we still can’t figure out which version of their testimony is true. This matter is extremely important, and we don’t dare be careless in any way. So, after thinking it over seriously, we still felt it was best to inform you."
"It is indeed very serious!" Zhonghua Fang nodded solemnly. "Whether they were hired by the Chen Family or the Fang Family, it’s a grave matter. It must be thoroughly investigated."
"Those few people are still being held by us. If you want to personally look into this, we can hand them over to you." Luo Ziling looked seriously at Zhonghua Fang. "Although at the beginning they confessed that they were acting on the Chen Family’s instructions, I think the latter testimony is the real one. Judging from all kinds of signs, this incident was planned by the Fang Family. Someone in the Fang Family wanted to ruin my parents’ wedding and pin the blame on the Chen Family or other members of the Fang Family. As for what their purpose was in doing this, I won’t dig into it for now. I’ll let Mr. Fang investigate."
"Then let us investigate the real reason behind this." Zhonghua Fang said, standing up. "We’ll launch an immediate inquiry into this matter. Whatever the result is, we will give the Ling Family and your Luo Family an answer. If it really was done by people from the Fang Family, then we will apologize in the name of the Fang Family and make amends. As for how to deal with the ones who carried it out, I’ll still need to discuss with my father before deciding. But whatever we decide, we’ll inform you."
With Luo Ziling putting it that way, Zhonghua Fang also concluded that this was indeed done on Fang Zhongxiu’s orders.
Fang Zhongxiu wanted to pull this off and throw the blame on him, which made him furious.
There had always been rivalry between Zhonghua Fang and Zhongxiu Fang; Zhonghua Fang had long wanted to find an opportunity to properly teach Zhongxiu a lesson. So he definitely wouldn’t let go of the chance the Luo Family had handed him.
Zhonghua Fang also understood that if this incident really was orchestrated by people from the Fang Family, then the Fang Family would certainly have to pay a price for it.
From Ling Mingrui’s, Ling Ruonan’s, and Luo Ziling’s perspective, if people from the Fang Family planned this, then it was the Fang Family’s wrongdoing, and they couldn’t just brush it off. After all, the matter was far too serious.
They might even not be entirely convinced that Direction Fang hadn’t been behind it.
The Fang Family had to pay a certain price to make up for the trouble this incident had caused, and only then could Luo Ziling and Ling Ruonan be appeased.
From this angle, Zhonghua Fang hated Fang Zhongxiu even more.
Because of Fang Zhongxiu’s insidiousness and stupidity, the Fang Family had to pay a price.
Zhonghua Fang and Dongxun Fang took their leave, and Ling Ruonan and Luo Ziling did not try to keep them.
As they were leaving, Luo Ziling called Wuyue over and instructed her to temporarily hand those people over to the Fang Family.
After the Fang Family finished questioning them and clarified the situation, they were to return them.
Wuyue followed the instructions and went to do it.
Right at that moment, Luo Xusheng came back.
As soon as he saw Luo Xusheng, Zhonghua Fang quickly went up to greet him and apologized for dropping by today to trouble them.
Luo Xusheng exchanged a few polite words and said he hoped Zhonghua Fang and Dongxun Fang would come by more often when they had time, and talk more whenever something came up, so as to avoid misunderstandings.
The relationship between Luo Xusheng and Zhonghua Fang had always been good.
Back when Luo Xusheng and Luo Liansheng first came to Yanjing, he often hung out with Zhonghua Fang.
At that time, everyone was young, in their twenties, not yet thirty, the age when people are the most passionate and most fond of having fun.
Plus, Direction Fang and Luo Liansheng had a good relationship, and after the group played together several times, their friendship deepened.
It was just that, after everything that happened later forced Luo Xusheng to leave Yanjing, the two of them rarely saw each other.
The saying "distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors" is very true: no matter how good a friendship is, if people don’t see each other for a long time and don’t communicate, the relationship will inevitably fade. On top of that, both Zhonghua Fang and Luo Xusheng were now middle-aged and their outlook tended more toward realism.
So the small talk today was mostly just formalities.
As Zhonghua Fang left with Dongxun Fang, Luo Xusheng said this: "Zhonghua Fang is a very capable man. At least in my opinion, he’s more formidable than his peers. In the future, we need to be on our guard against him; otherwise, we might end up suffering losses at his hands."
Luo Xusheng’s words were endorsed by Ling Ruonan and Luo Ziling; they thought the same.
About an hour later, Wuyue came back to report.
She had already handed over the people they were temporarily detaining to Zhonghua Fang, and they had signed a handover document during the transfer.
At most within a week, the Fang Family would have to return those people.
After hearing Wuyue’s report, Ling Ruonan and Luo Ziling gave no further instructions and let Wuyue get back to her work.
"In a few days, I’ll go see Direction Fang and complain to him face-to-face." Ling Ruonan said in a calm tone. "I also want to go find Chen Yihe and Chen Yiping and question them as to why they had to play dirty behind our backs. If we don’t give these people a proper beating, they really will think we’re easy to bully."
"Mom, they’re very realistic—so we just have to be even more realistic than they are." Luo Ziling said with a smile. "Chen Yihe and Chen Yiping want to use our strength to take control of the Chen Family, right? Then we’ll turn them into our gun and let them really go to work. Using this incident to blackmail them, that’s no big deal, is it?"
"They have a lot of incriminating material on Chen Ruchang and Chen Yijing in their hands. Make them dump it first." Ling Ruonan’s expression turned a bit frosty. "Once the wedding is over, we don’t have to worry about many things anymore, and we can go all out."
"That’s how I see it too." Luo Xusheng, rarely, nodded in agreement.
His words earned him matching eye-rolls from Luo Ziling and Ling Ruonan.
Clearly stung by his wife’s and son’s eye-rolls, Luo Xusheng quickly added, "A lot of things, I can do under my personal capacity."
"Dad, you’d better just keep pace with Mom. Once you’re in the same position she is, then you two can truly fly side by side." Luo Ziling teased Luo Xusheng with a little laugh, then straightened his face and said, "As for the other matters, you shouldn’t get involved for now. Your identity is too sensitive at the moment. If someone manages to grab hold of something on you, it’ll be a drag on Mom as well. Dragon Rise is far too sensitive—there are a lot of eyes fixed on it."
What Luo Ziling said made Luo Xusheng’s expression change.